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May 07, 2016

Silent Night

Hey there! It's a gorgeous day here today. Sunny and a high of 18 degrees (Celcius). My boys are going fishing today and I'm going to go play in my craft room. :-). I've been on a bit of a Christmas card making binge lately. Probably because I'm so behind in my Christmas cards this year. I like to make them ahead of time so I don't get overwhelmed at Christmas. Plus, my Mom usually orders some too. So, today I've got a couple of Christmas cards to share. My husband surprised me with a cool new stamp he got me when he made an order through Amazon. He complains I've got too much craft stuff but he gets me more himself! Go figure?! LOL. He just likes to make me happy. :-). Anyway, this stamp is super cool and not one I'd seen before. It's by Stampendous. Here's what I made...

This first card I stamped the trees and embossed them in white. Then using the ink from my pool to navy ombré ink pad (Hero Arts) I sponged on my colours. Once done, I trimmed my label down to fit my card base and added some strips of silver glitter tape. I love the look of this quite a bit. It's cool that the stamp has a built in sentiment too.

This time I took some watercolour paper and did an ombré wash using my Spectrum Aqua markers (Orchid and Navy) and a wide water brush pen. I spritzed some water on after it dried to create water droplets and once that dried stamped my trees in black Versafine ink. I then splattered some white acrylic paint over top. I trimmed it down to fit my card base and added some silver glitter tape again. I also added a snowflake edge die cut (Darice) that I glittered up with my Wink of Stella pen. I think I like how this one turned out the best. :-)

Hi Kim, your cards a re beautiful - I love the different ways you have used inky backgrounds for that beautiful stamp. Thank you for joining in the fun with us this time at ABC Christmas Challenge.Sue...xxx

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I'm a SAHM just trying to stay sane by any means possible. I will pretty much try anything crafty. I have a B.A. In Fine Arts and specialized in painting. I have tried my hand at many types of arts and crafts like, stained glass, lithography, scrapbooking, rubber stamping, cake decorating, and much more. There are a lot of things I still want to try. I would have to say that my two favourites are card making and painting.

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